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Placing SAFrings on Barn Owls (Tyto alba) at Aspen Hills Estate

Aspen Hills Nature Estate has been playing the role of surrogate parents to 5 Barn Owls.

Presentation on Owls and Bats

It seems that webinars, talks and classes online are the new norm. Jonathan Haw was invited to give a presentation by Green Renaissance and Whale Coast Conservation on the conservation of bats and owls in Southern Africa in July 2020. Feel free to watch the presentation on Facebook - link in the article.

Our Owl Cam is Live!

We are delighted to share our Verreaux Eagle Owl Cam! A few years ago, we put a tyre in tree in Mziki Game reserve in the Northwest and filled it with sticks. In June, a friend who lives there sent us a picture of the female Verreaux Eagle Owl (Bubo lacteus) in the nest. Last week we installed an Owl Cam! It was wonderful to watch the owlet hatch on Saturday, 25th July 2020.

“There’s a camera watching me… for all the world to see”

In a first ever, a Verreaux Eagle Owl, or commonly known as the giant eagle owl, can now be watched live as she raises a newly hatched owlet in the most unusual nest ever… a tyre!

Our newsletter - July 2020

No mention of COVID-19 or Lockdown! Our stories: As hungry as a bat ... Winter - baby-making weather for Bubo africanus ... Rats! Don't reach for poison ... Owls breeding in a chimney - no need for ''rescue''! ... SPCA.

Rats come out of hiding as lockdowns eliminate urban trash

National Geographic: With less litter on the ground and garbage in Dumpsters behind restaurants, rats are seeking food elsewhere.